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    JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

    Princess Louise, later Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)

    c. 1880 after an original of Mar 1861

    Carbon print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2900472

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Louise, later Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939), standing, facing three-quarters towards the right. She looks ahead, her face in near profile. She holds a basket of flowers in front of her with both hands. She wears a plumed hat and carries a striped shawl over her right arm. She poses in front of a painted backdrop depicting a landscape scene.

    • Creator(s)

      John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)

    • annotation: Princefs Louise./ March 1861. [lower right corner] Mayall. [beneath work]

    • 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image)

      31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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